On the gorgeous Avenue Gabriel, just a stroll away from the Élysée Palace, La Réserve makes its home in a stately 19th-century mansion originally built for the half brother of Napoleon III. Designer Jacques Garcia's rooms are lavish, palatial, and opulent.

This renowned hotel opened in 1928. Both despite its age and because of it, the Four Seasons George V is one of the go-to examples of a prestigious (and government-decreed) palace hotel. Just by the 8th arrondissement's Golden Triangle.

The Ritz Paris first opened in 1898. In 2012, ceilings were raised, windows added and the restaurant got a retractable glass roof. But overall, The Ritz is still the Belle Époque icon where Ernest Hemingway was once a regular.

In the past, we've likened Le Bristol to a frosted cake. The hotel is creamy Art Deco on the outside, with decadent 18th-century antiques, tapestries and former Louvre artwork on the inside.

Institutions like this tend to keep their guest lists private. But when you've been open since 1835, you can afford to let some names slip. Queen Victoria, King George VI, Picasso, Coco Chanel, and Dalí are among them.

Dating back to the 1920s, the space that hosts Cheval Blanc Paris started as the iconic Art Deco building belonging to a department store: La Samaritaine, overlooking the Pont Neuf and Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

You wont find many freestanding houses doubling as hotels in Paris — and we're confident in saying this is the only country-style château hosting hotel guests in the City of Light.

Dating back to 1908, the architecture is historic and Neoclassical, while the 35 alabaster globes suspended from the ceiling provide a contemporary and rather memorable entrance.

Plaza Athénée employs one of our favorite combinations: historic elegance and Art Deco cool. Opened in 1913, it was hip as early as the 1930s, when the bar hosted French dancers like Josephine Baker and Italian singers like Rudolph Valentino.